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Oh Seok Geun on the importance of Busan and the future of markets 2a2a1c

2021-10-06T16:00:00Z 102r61

Busan’s industry platform aims to create a space for networking and information sharing in addition to sales. 

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How Busan’s ACFM is navigating its first year as a hybrid market 4n5w1q

2021-10-06T16:00:00Z

Parts of the market will be held as an 
in-person event for local attendees at the Paradise Hotel on Haeundae Beach.

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How Busan is successfully hosting a physical, socially distanced film festival 4g3s5m

2020-10-27T16:32:00Z

A combination of on-site and virtual activities is creating buzz for the festival’s line-up of 192 films. 

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CJ Entertainment, Library Pictures pact on local-language films 172q73

2020-10-27T00:17:00Z

The two companies have entered into a slate co-financing deal for projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and Turkey.

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Nikkatsu seals string of deals on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ 4i712w

2020-10-26T03:39:00Z

Venice best director winner has gone to Portugal (Midas Filmes), Norway (Fidalgo) and Korea (M&M International), among other territories. 

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2020-10-21T18:00:00Z

Busan’s industry platform is hosting the second Asia Contents Awards. 

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Busan’s Asian Project Market to move online; unveils 2020 selection 1p30s

2020-09-01T10:18:00Z

New projects from Cannes label directors Wei Shujun and Koji Fukada among line-up.

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Clover Films takes ‘Your Love Song’ for multiple territories 6n21m

2019-10-07T08:58:00Z

Romantic drama is Andrew Chien’s first film since 2015 hit Go Lala Go 2. 

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Free Stone flows with Yoshinari Nishikori duo 142656

2019-10-06T17:35:00Z

‘The Takatsu River’ stars Masahiro Koumoto and ‘Meeting Myself’ stars Takahiro and Keiko Matsuzaka

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Korea’s More In Group introduces ‘comfort woman’ drama to market 5b16h

2019-10-06T17:34:00Z

Based on a stage play, historical drama ’Chima:embrace’ is in pre-production.

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‘Spiders’ spins web for Entertaining Power 57h5q

2019-10-06T17:32:00Z

Taiwan-Hong Kong co-production is directed by Joe Chien and stars Sunny Wang and Lee Kang Sheng. 

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WestEnd Films secures key deals on gender inequality doc ‘This Changes Everything’ 1q4x2d

2019-10-06T17:31:00Z

The film has sold to Sky Cinema in UK & Ireland among others

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India’s Drishyam makes regional-language debut with Jio Studios 105020

2019-10-06T17:30:00Z

Marathi drama Ambush (Ghaath) is co-produced by Drishyam Films and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio. 

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‘Hormones’, ‘Faculty’ win best Asian drama prizes at Busan’s Asia Contents Awards 3b1v24

2019-10-06T16:18:00Z

South Korean TV producer Kim Yongkyu won the best creative award for Mr. Sunshine.

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How BIFF and the Asian Film Market have become key events for European companies dp1f

2019-10-05T16:41:00Z

European films and filmmakers are out in force at Busan this year

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US indie producer Shrihari Sathe boards Mostofa Farooki’s ‘No Land’s Man’; Megan Mitchell s cast (exclusive) 4f421u

2019-10-05T16:27:00Z

Bangladeshi filmmaker Farooki wrote the film with David Barker (White Sun) as a script consultant.

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Edko Films brings child drama ‘Over The Sea’ to market (exclusive) 6h2y6i

2019-10-05T16:26:00Z

Hong Kong studio also launching sales on Yao Tingting’s romantic drama Love You Forever.

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Japan’s NTV launches ‘Kaiji: Final Game’ at Asian Film Market (exclusive) 39739

2019-10-05T16:26:00Z

The film stars Tatsuya Fujiwara and is the third in the series.

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Distribution Workshop boards Chinese romance ‘Somewhere Winter’ 553443

2019-10-04T17:49:00Z

Ma Sichun and Wallace Huo head the cast of the China-Hong Kong co-production.

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SF Studio’s ‘Funhouse’ horror sells to CIS, Taiwan (exclusive) 633a6x

2019-10-04T16:15:00Z

The English-language film has its market premiere at Busan’s Asian Film Market